Lets turn posting into praxis. Like, I can't even interview anymore legitimately. I freeze up at the at the most basic interview question. My career has suffered because of it. All my supervisors say I take to the job well, and do what's asked of me though. I shouldn't have to deal with this, especially when I'm supposedly the model employee in every job I do.
I got my last 2 jobs through luck (finding the only jobs that wouldn't interview). My current job is something that most working class people wouldn't take. I could be homeless right now.
My outlook is pretty bleak right now, and my degree is near useless.
Can we get a subchapo for jobs and career advice? The DSA is starting to shift into something similar. I think this is especially important to give the left something decent during the pandemic. This sub can focus on both local and remote stuff, hopefully with a focus on worker co-ops.
The Subchapo title isn't important, pick something that fits better if it doesn't pop.
Straight up IDK if jobs even contact references, but it would be nice to have a database like that. As someone who is gangstalked, I'll take random people over my previous references
This is a good idea, so many of us have to leave jobs over horrible dehumanizing things and can't count on anyone we worked under as references. I'll lie for my comrades every damn day.
My only problem with this proposed community is preventing this from going full Capitalist. Like, what I'm doing right now is fine because I'm desperate. I do want this to come from a left perspective though.
Mondregon employs 100K people, I wouldn't knock corporations so quickly.
My job is teaching people how to get jobs, I could help out with this a lot
oof that's a lotta internet responsibility, I put my mod days behind me after my stint on /r/socialism
but if I gotta come outta retirement...
Up to you bud. I clearly don't know what I'm doing, otherwise I'd spearhead this.
Ok so for urine tests, it's actually pretty simple to beat the test. I've used Stat Flush with success to get my current job (after 11 days without smoking; you need to go at least 48 hours to use this method). The key is simply diluting the urine by drinking lots of water and taking supplements to make it look undiluted. (Stat Flush is basically just a few supplements along with instructions to drink a certain amount of water within a certain amount of time before the test.) Basically you want to drink 32 to 64 fluid ounces of water and take creatine and vitamin b (I think it's b6 but I'm not sure) within 6 hours of test time. The creatine makes the urine look undiluted and the vitamin b makes the urine yellow rather than clear. Meanwhile the water dilutes the THC metabolite below the threshold of 50 ng/mL. Stat Flush is fairly expensive (was $60 IIRC) so if you can find the info on what the supplements contain you can do it yourself much cheaper. Either way, don't let drug tests stand in between you and a better job.
IDK what to tell you beyond stop smoking for a month. Stopping anything sucks, I've been struggling with Alcoholism for awhile now. I'm lucky it isn't tested for.
im from spokane and had never heard of that. reading about it now, pretty cool
Apply for some jobs you don't want and are maybe overqualified for to get the interview practice. I do it occasionally when I start looking for new job.
Try writing down answers before hand to some basic questions that you think you will get, that can help, as well.
Also, write up a list of questions before hand that you want to ask, like stuff about the interviewers opinion on working there, company culture, what the work is like, etc. It takes pressure off of you to speak and you can ask them follow ups. It makes you look prepared and thoughtful.
Also, at the bottom of your resume, put some of your interests on there. Try to stick to least common denominator type stuff but put a few niche things on there, too. At my last job, I ended up talking with the COO for 30 minutes about college football and Star Trek during my interview.
Look, I've done all that. I don't mean to be short with you, but traditional interview advice doesn't work for me. I got coached on how to ace an interview by my college and professionals in my (I guess former) field. I get it. I had a psychotic breakdown 3 years ago, and can't operate like I used to. My brain is all fucked up and I can't do it legitimately. Reading traditional advice off to me almost feels condescending? I know you're doing this in good faith though, so don't sweat it.
I feel this. I got a job just because I knew some people that worked there and a couple managers, since then I have witnessed these people be unwilling to hire people while we are desperately understaffed just because the front end staff is capable of doing the jobs of multiple people even though we shouldn't have to (we've cut a lot of staff and everyone is filling the roles of jobs they weren't hired for).
Small business tyrants really are the worst. Bureaucracy is almost helpful in certain regards to Capitalism.
What are unions but bureaucracy weaponized by the working class against their oppressors?
Anyone got any advice on how to land a remote job? I know that's a broad question and there are lots of jobs out that there fall under this but specifically, anyone have a writing/copywriting/whatever the fuck requires no degree or minimal schooling or certificates. I'll pretty much do anything regardless of what it pays just so I no longer have to commute. I've kinda realized I'm never going to find anything in a career that I'll actually want to do so if I can at least find something that's tolerable with room for growth would be great.
I saw that Google offers courses in IT and they help with job placement afterward. Worth it? Web development? Coding/programming? Do I have to make a fucking LinkedIn?
This could really be helpful. I'm on year 5 of nothing but temp work, even after switching fields and getting certified as a paralegal (on the advice of family members who were super insistent that would help me out). Literally every time i make it past an interview I end up being told I'm getting passed over in favor of a more experienced candidate. After this long "just keep applying, somewhere will hire you" rings completely hollow.
They were talking about this on Street Fight a couple weeks ago, IIRC Brett and Bryan offered to be references for listeners
BTW my job is hiring and will hire felons, DM me for details
A Co-op incubator would be cool. Even though co-ops cannot be revolutionary.
I literally had to resign from a resume relevant position because the organization voted in a crypto fascist. So help is needed.
